May 17th, 2004 –  – Further to the last propositions of the Mountain Bike Commission, the UCI Management Committee approves the following modifications:

1. Suppression of the necessity to have minimum one UCI point to enter the World Cup

2. Race numbers allocated for the whole year

3. Second chance given to Elites who will qualify automatically in case of fall or of an equipment problem. For the complete details, view: http://canadian-cycling.com/e2/pdfs/2004MTBmodification.pdf